Details
Rent Warden
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Narrator: Simon Vance
Format: Unabridged-MP3
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
Published: Dec 2006
Genre: Fiction - Alternative History
Retail Price: $29.95
Discs: 1
Synopsis
The first of Trollope’s Barsetshire novels, THE WARDEN explores the ethical dilemma of the Rev. Septimus Harding, the gentle, cello-playing warden of a charitable home for elderly men. Unjustly accused of receiving money to which he is not entitled, the modest and self-doubting Harding insists on resigning, feeling that his honor has been tarnished. Meanwhile, his repentant accuser (an overzealous surgeon) marries Rev. Harding’s daughter, Eleanor.
Reviews
While The Warden is not the most exciting of The Barsetshire Chronicles, it sets the stage for what is to come in Trollope's delightful style which is wise, witty, and emotional at once. The reader here, Simon Vance, is superb and since he is British, one gets the sound of the language -- a delight only audio books can provide.